mEDICAL

Hoping to hit 100? You’re not going to like these new life expectancy predictions

Let’s keep it 100 – your chances of becoming a centenarian are slim. Medical discoveries, public health breakthroughs and better diets led to sharp increases in global life expectancy in the 1800s and 1900s. But a surprising new study finds…

The Nobel Prize in Medicine honors the American duo for their discovery of microRNA

STOCKHOLM – The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded on Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNAs, small pieces of genetic material that change the way genes work at the cellular level…